Collar attachment



July 12, 1938. w, GEHRlG 2,123,602

COLLAR Amncamauw Filed A ril 12, 1937 INVENTOR.

Patented July 12, 1938 r 2,123,602

T QFFIQE v UNITED STATES COLLAR ATTACHMENT Walter Gehrig, Flint, Mich.

Application April 12, 1937, Serial No. 136,383

11 Claims. (Cl. 2488) The present invention relates to attachments portion thereof. The adjacent terminal portion for garment collars and garment ornaments such of the pin body forms a bend 6 (Fig. l) towards as ties, and is particularly suited to be worn on the normal front of the collar attachment and .mens shirts and neck-ties. To simplify the the intermediate portion of the pin-body also specification I will hereafter describe my invenforms a bend 1 towards said front side. The 5 tion in combination with a mans shirt and neckother terminal portion of each pin tapers off tie only. into a point 8 (Fig. 2) and the portion of the The object of the collar and tie attachment is pin-body adjacent to said pointy terminal 8 to prevent the collar-tips from curling outwardly forms a resilient bend 9 shaped like a hook or and to hold part of the neck-tie in place, thus part of a coil. The distance across the mouth 10 improving the appearance of the person wearing of said hook 9 is smaller than the distance across the shirt and neck-tie. the center of the belly formed by the'bend A collar and tie attachment of similar charof the pin as shown by the dotted lines and acter is described in my patent application filed arrows A-A in Fi .15 August 1, 1936. The assembling element for said pins 4 com I attain the aforesaid objective by a light and prises resilient means such as a rubber memcontinuous pull on the collar tips by .the weight ber H3. Guards for the pointy terminals 8 of the of the hereafter described collar and tie attachcollar-pins are provided in the form of discs ll, ment in the direction of a point located between 22, which are mounted on each side of the resiland below said collar-tips. A tie holder conient member H] by means of a pin or rivet 92 2.0 nected to the collar attachment holds the neck- (Fig. 1) which also connects a gu e flme t 3 tie over the lower part of the collar attachment. for a tie-holder to the other parts of the assem- In the accompanying drawing wherein for the bling element. The said tie-holder consists of a purpose of illustration are shown preferred emtie pin having a stop-shoulder or pin head E4 on v bodiments of my invention and wherein like one terminal portion thereof and tapering off 7.5 reference characters designate like parts thereof: n o a P0 all the other terminal D l5 Figure 1 is a view of the front part of a detach- (Fig. 3) of the pin. Said pointy terminal porable shirt-collar and of a neck-tie having my tion projects to one side of the adjacent straight collar and tie attachment attached to the collar part 16 of the pin body, the continuation of tips only. which forms bends as shown in Figure 3. The 30 Figure 2 is a front View of two members of the length of the said straight part 16 of the pinassembling element and of the lower part of the body is about equal to the width of the strip of collar pins; the front point guard and the tie metal forming the guiding element E3. The tieholder have been removed as indicated by the pin Hi can be attached to the guiding element I3 dotted line C-C in Figure 4. by pressing the straight part It of the pin-body Figure 3 illustrates a tie-pin which can be conagainst the spring pressed mouth ll (Fig. 4) of nected to the collar attachment in place of the the twofold strip of resilient metal. Once the tie-clasp l9 shown in Fig. 1. pin-body is past said mouth ll it is free to slide Figure 4 is a side View of one collar-pin and between the twofold metal strip for a distance of the assembling element and illustrates the which is limited by stops formed by said mouth 40 effect of the location of the center of gravity in H at one side and by the bend l8 of the metal the lower portion of the collar attachment on the strip at the other side. The point l5 of the tieposition of the collar-pins. The collar attachpin is approximately flush with the face of the ment hangs freely on the collar pin which is guiding element l3 and so said face acts as a attached to a collar-tip shown in section. point guard. 45

Figure 5 is a f n vi w of the upper part of a The tie-holder 19 shown in Figure 1 is of the mans shirt and neck-tie equippe With y 0 clasp-type and can be attached to the guiding and tie attachment. element l3 in place of the tie-pin It as shown in Referring to Figure l in the drawing, the nu- Figure 1. The clasp type tie holder l9 consists meral l designates a detachable shirt-collar of a strip of resilient metal the terminal portions 50 shown with a neck-tie 2. The hereafter de- 2| of which are bent over to embrace and clasp scribed collar attachment can be attached to and the neck-tie. The holder [9 shown in Figure 1 detached from the collar tips 3 by means of the is intended to embrace the inner strand 2d of the collar pins 4. Each collar-pin 4 has a pin-head 5, necketie only in a manner whereby the tie-strand which forms a stop-shoulder on one terminal can slide longitudinally therein and thus no tie 55 holder is visible on the front side of the outer strand 2 of the neck-tie.

Of course, a tie holder adapted to clasp both strands of the neck-tie can be substituted for the tie holder l9 shown in Figure 1.

To attach the collar attachment to the collartips 3 each collar pin 4 is drawn, point first, and up to the pinhead 5, through the fabric of a collartip. The resilient member ID of the assembling element is then manually pressed into the resilient hook-shaped bend 9 of each collar pin as illustrated in Figure 2. As the belly of the hook is wider than mouth thereof, the resilient action' of the rubber member H] of the assembling element and the spring action of the metal hooks 9 has the tendency to hold the resilient member I within the belly of the hook 9, thus securing the pins to the assembling element. The pins 4 however are able to rotate about the center of the assembling element in a plane parallel to the face or front of the wearer of the collar attachment, (which is also the normal face or front side of the collar attachment). The pins 4 can therefore adjust themselves to any distance between collar tips- The tie-pin I4 is next attached to the neck-tie by pushing said pin, point first and up to the pin head, through both strands 2, 20 of the neck-tie at a point somewhat below the guiding elements and then inserting the straight part I6 of the pin in the guiding element I3. When the wearer of the described attachment stands or sits in normal position then the tie-pin will rest on the lower end or stop [8 of the guiding element l3 and the pin head l4 will carry part of the weight of the neck-tie, thus, to some extent, preventing the tie knot from sliding down.

If the wearer of the collar attachment bends back, then the tie-holder can give to the pull of the neck-tie by moving toward the top of the guiding element l3 until it comes into contact with the upper stop or mouth I! of the guiding element.

Extra weight is added to the assembling element by the weighty element 22 which also forms one of the point-guards. As can be seen in Figure 4 the front one of the two discs or point-guards ll, 22, is much larger than the one in the back, to bring the center of gravity towards the front side of the lower part of the collar attachment. In Figure 4, one collar pin 4 and the assembling element and tie pin I4 is shown suspending freely from a collar tip 3. The dotted line BB is drawn through the'point of suspension on the upper terminal portion of the pin 4 and through the center of gravity of the lower portion of the collar attachment. The straight part of each pin body between the bends indicated by numerals 6 and 'l are normally resting on the shirt-front if the wearer of the shirt and collar attachment stands in upright position. The said straight part of each pin body is pressed lightly against the shirt front by the weight of the lower portion of the collar attachment and by the pull or pressure caused by the Weight of the neck-tie against the assembling element. The said straight part of each pin body has thus a continuous tendency to swing into the inclined position shown in Figure 4; The wearer of the collar attachment can therefore stoop or bend over until the shirt front forms an inclination approximately equal to the inclination of said straight part of the pin body in Figure 4, before the pin body swings away from the shirt front.

As many obvious changes are possible in the shape, size and arrangement of the described elements, without departing from the spirit of my invention, I do not limit myself to thespecific construction hereinbefore set forth, except as so limited by the subjoined claims.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an attachment for garment collars, a pin having a stop-shoulder on one terminal portion thereof, a point formed by the other terminal portion of said pin, the pin body forming a bend adjacent to said stop-shoulder and another bend adjacent to said pointy terminal, a point-guard for said pointy terminal adapted to engage the pin by the bend adjacent to the pointy terminal, and resilient means associated with said pointguard to secure the point-guard to the pin.

2. In an attachment for garment collars, a pair of pins, each pin having a stop shoulder on one terminal portion thereof, a point formed by the other terminal portion of said pin, the pin body forming a bend adjacent to said stop-shoulder and another bend adjacent to said pointy terminal, a point-guard for said pointy terminal adapted to engage the pin by the bend adjacent to the pointy terminal by manual pressure, resilient means associated with said point-guard to secure the point-guard to the pin, and the pointguard for one of said pins connected with the point-guard for the other pin.

3. In an attachment for garment-collars, a pair of pins, each pin having a stop-shoulder on one terminal portion thereof, the other terminal por tion tapering off into a point, the pin-body forming a bend adjacent to said stop-shoulder, an assembling element adapted to engage said pins by the pin-bodies by means of manual pressure, resilient means associated with said pinbodies and with said assembling element for securing the pinbodies to said assembling element, point-guards for the pointy terminals of said pins provided by said assembling element, a tie holder adapted to embrace a neck-tie detachably connected to said assembling element.

4. In an attachment for garment-collars, a pair of collar-pins, each collar-pin having a stopshoulder on one terminal portion thereof, the other terminal portion tapering off into a point, a bend of the pin-body adjacent to said stop-shoulder, a tie-pin having a pin head on one terminal portion thereof, a point formed by the other terminal portion of the tie pin, an assembling element adapted to engage said pair of collar-pins and the tie-pin by 'the pin-bodies by means of manual pressure, resilient means associated with said collar-pin bodies and with said assembling element for securing the three pin bodies to said assembling element, point guards for the pointy terminals of said pin-bodies provided by said assembling element.

5. In an attachment for garment-collars, a pair of pins, each pin having a stop-shoulder on one terminal portion thereof, the other terminal portion tapering off into a point, the pin body forming a bend adjacent to said stop-shoulder, an assembling element adapted to engage said pins by the pin-bodies by means of manual pressure, resilient means associated with said pin bodies and with said assembling element for securing the pin-bodies to said assembling element, point guards for the pointy terminals of said pins provided by said assembling element, a tie holder, a guiding element for said tie holder comprised in said assembling element, said tie holder movable in said guiding element but limited in its movement by stops associated with said guiding element.

6. In an attachment for garment collars and neckties, a necktie-holder including a tie-clasp adapted toembrace and clasp a necktie, a pair of detachable pins pivotally linked to said necktieholder on the normal lower terminal portion thereof, and means to attach the other terminal portions of the pins to the collar-tips.

7. In an attachment for garment-collars and neckties, a necktie-holder including a pointy tiepin having a stop-shoulder and a point-guard, a pair of detachable pins pivotally linked to said necktie-holder on the normal lower portion thereof, and means to attach the other terminal portions of the pins to the collar tips.

8. In an attachment for garment-collars and neckties, a necktie-holder including a tie-clasp, adapted to embrace and clasp a necktie, a pair of detachable pins, one terminal portion of each pin normally pivotally linked to said necktieholder by means of an assembling element, and means to attach the other terminal portion of the pins to the collar-tips.

9. In an attachment for garment collars and neckties, a necktie-holder including a tie-clasp adapted to embrace a necktie, a pointy tie-pin having a stop shoulder and a point guard; a pair of detachable pins, one terminal portion of each pin normally pivotally linked to said necktieholder by means of an assembling element, and means to attach the other terminal portions of the pins to the collar-tips.

10. In an attachment for garment-collars and neckties, a necktie-holder including a tie-clasp adapted to embrace and clasp a necktie, a pair of detachable pins, each pin having a stop-shoulder connected toone terminal portion thereof, the other terminal portion tapering ofi into a point, the pin-body forming a bend, an assembling element linked to said tie holder and adapted to engage said pins by manual pressure, means associated with said assembling element and with the bends of the pin bodies for pivotally securing the pin-bodies to the assembling element, and point guards for said pointy terminals of the pins comprised in said assembling element.

11. In an attachment for garment-collars and neckties, a necktie-holder including a tie-clasp adapted to embrace a necktie, a pair of detachable pins, each pin having a stop shoulder connected to one terminal portion thereof, the other terminal portion tapering off into a point and forming a hook, an assembling element linked tosaid tie-holder, means provided by said assembling element and by said hooks to pivotally secure said pins to the assembling element, and point guards for said pointy terminals of the pins provided by said assembling element.

WALTER GEHRIG. 

